Draft and rain excluder attachment for doors



May 31,4927. 1?;63.0,'321

R, BASI-IAM l DRAFT AND RAIN EXCLUDER ATTACHMENT FOR DOORS Filed June s. 1924 Patented May 31, 1927.y

i DRAFT"Ann'anni',ngcnunERTTAcHi/INT :0063s, i

This invention hasffor its objectV the pro-` lvision of an improved construction of draft and vrain 'excluding' `attachments for' doors,

of the class'in which a hatten isf'mounted fon edge of the' door, by means lof a 'springVV when the door is opened.

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the door to extend along its bottom'kandl is adapted to rise and fall Whilemaintainingja v'horizontal position, and to be lowered when the door is closed, and thus to engagethel floor and cover the crack Vber'ieath it, and then to be raised as the door is opened and thereby tofree the floor sothat theidoor.

may swing freely, Y

The inventionrelates more particularly to that known classof device in which the eX- cluder'batten. is attached to the face of thef door by means of pivoted links that allow` for the batten moving up and down, parallel ruler fashion, maintaining itsparallel'level with the door bot-tom but moving longitudi-V nally on the door, and in which the hatten is adapted to 'be'lifted to the raised position with one end projectingfbeyond the hinge AThen --on the 'closing of the door, the said projecting end will engage the door frame and the lba'tten will be forced lengthwiseiand downwards against such sprinvs action, to engage the Y floor with its bottom edge. f

Y attachment shown mounted thereon and in company drawings, in whichv The invention consists in a special construction of 'batteri' and spring. and in' the particular arrangement of these parts in the' fitting of 'they attachment to Ithevdoo'r-.jr i i'y These features' are illustratedfin the 'ac- Figure lv is a faceview of a' door with the the raised position. l l

Figure' 2 is an `enlarged detail view of the operating parts of the attachment.

.Figure 3 is a cross section thereof taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

In carrying out the invention, the door A is formed with Va rebate B along the inside of its bottom edge, of sufficient height and depth inwards frointhe surface of the doorV v. to provide forathefbatten C beingf'iitted neatly within it when it is in ther'aised. jposition.V The batteri is made `of aj length. corresponding to thewidthof the door and- K :it is held within the said rebate by emeanso'ff two or morelinks D, oneend of each of which is pivotally attachedto lthe rsurface' of the door above the rebate and lthe l*other* similarly attached Vto the face ofthe batteri. These linksDare so disposed and are made spring.

192i." seriaiiva"Massai` i of such a Vlength that fthe battenma'yimove, .parallel ruler' fashion,' up \and'down with position' `it will Vengage the` floor surface..

jrelation to: the/door', so 'thatin the up posi-v tion it will clear the fioor, andiin thedown ,50

The loweredge of the batten may `-be-pro.

vided with a rubber or other cushion edg-V C to ensure of "an Vairtight engagement u bei-ng effected.

The hattenv C is length along thedoor width that, when* in also so disposed in 1its theraised position, the end adjacent to the hinge edge ofthe door will project alittlev beyond'such edge, as shown bythe fu'lllines door `j amb and thereby'causefthe batt'ento be pushed lengthwiseand thusintoitsy low-Vv ered position fintoclosefcontact Withthe Hoor. Y 'Y' f The hattenV of -the batten'freed `from engagement with thedoor jamb. This spring 'is ofthe flat or leaf type'and is formedas afloop',xone

leg'E" of which is longerlth'an the other4 leg E2,"and the nature of whichloopis to nor mally distend-the legs. The bowjof this al s lever manner to, lift thebatten. r i i 1 85 vspring is fittedfintoa recessy F .formed `in 'i the door A at the topof therebatelBso that Y' Ithe longer leg Evprojectsfbelovv thefrecess i Aand 'entersaslot G-forined. inthe'top'of theM 'l "hatten-C to receive' it. v The tendencyofjthe Y I.legs to spreadwill thus act toforce thefbat-fxlf f 4ten normally in thelengthwise'" directionf necessaryfto .lift it on its linkconnections 4 5 The closing ofhthe dooiwwill cause thebatten to be forcedv vdown),"against` "this i springs action,as shown by the' dotted linesr 'in rligure,V l, so, that when the door opens,{j` Y and thepush-of the doorrjamb on the bati ten end'is:remo ved,` ,the'springlegE will i ,100

. Thespring yE isv retainedwithinithe recess F by means of a staple loop Hdriven into over the face offthe recess, outside the I `claim z- The combination,

of a solid batten disposed'in` the rebate withvv Vits outer face flush with Vthe adjacent face .of

the door so that its cross memberextends With a'hinged door plrovided along its bottom` edge with a rebate,

7o. 5in Figure l, so that inlthe closing of the door this projecting end will engage the falli-ngV mov-ement V,-andoi endwse movement, said battenhayng 1a central, inclined slot which opens through its upper edge 'and said door face havnga recess Which alnesl with said-islet ;l .'p'aif: )Jlfle-l-Inotonl fl-nlf,

connections between ,they betten and the door; and a looped springInou'nted'n`V sa'd door recess and havlng.. legsY vO .unequal lengtln the longer ,leg projecting loosely into said slot; vseid' :spring al'soV Vembodying` e connect-ing bow between ksaid legs which o tends to'spred ,themKapart pso as to vnor-` Y mall-y hold thehetten z rznlsed position in against the adjacentportionV ofjthe door jaln'b `when the door sjbeng closed, Jphereloy the' rebate linto 'engagement with the loor.

,In testimony whereof, IraiX my Senmurell ytol'orce the battenjnward and downward in `20 

